Free child passenger restraints for patients in an urban pediatric medical home: Effects on caregiver behavior

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 352-358

  Brixey, Suzanne ^a   Guse, Clare E ^a   Ngui, Emmanuel ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CHILD SAFETY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; CAR; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 73349117841     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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